Washington Quotes on Mount vernon estate
"Unless some one pops in, unexpectedly, Mrs. Washington and myself will do what I believe has not been [done] within the last twenty years by us, that is to set down to dinner by ourselves."
George Washington to Tobias Lear | Monday, July 31, 1797
More"I will not give up the hope of seeing you at Mount Vernon, before I quit the stage of human action—the idea woud be too painful—I must indulge a contrary one."
From George Washington to Chastellux | Friday, August 20, 1784
More"At length my Dear Marquis I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, & under the shadow of my own Vine & my own Fig tree, free from the bustle of a camp & the busy scenes of public lif..."
George Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette | Sunday, February 01, 1784
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